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BUTTON FASTENER. No. 332,970. Patented Dec. 22, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES F. THAYER, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

BUTTON-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 332,970, dated December22, 1885.

Application filed September 30, 1885. Serial No. 178,607. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES F.THAYER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of RhodeIsland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inButton-Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersor figures of reference marked thereon,which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to button -fasteners; and it consists, essentially,of a single piece of wire bent to form a base or table, from whichextends a double stem or post, the ends thereof terminating in a forkedor duplex atcaching-hook.

The object of this improvement is to produce a fastener for buttonswhich is both strong and inexpensive,as well as being adapted to bereadily attached, all as will be more fully hereinafter set forth andclaimed, said invention being an improvement upon the button-fastenersdescribed and claimed in my two pending applications for United StatesLetters Patent filed June 24, 1885, and August 6, 1885, and numbered169,610 and 173,698, respective] In the accompanying sheet of drawings,Figure 1 represents, enlarged, a perspective View of the fastener asformed from a piece of wire. Fig. 2 is a front View of the same inposition in the fabric, showing the eye of the button passed over theforked attaching-hooks. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the buttoncompletely attached to the fabric, the same being effected by bendingthe end portions of the hooks rearwardly and downwardly, therebysecurely retaining the button in position. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 representperspective views of the fastener, wherein the base is bent or formed atright angles to the double stem; and Fig. 7 representsin cross-sectionvarious forms of wire adapted to be used in the manufacture of thefasteners.

The construction and application of the fastener hereinafter claimed maybe described substantially as follows:

A, Fig. 1, again referring to the drawings,

designates the fastener as a whole, the same consisting of a piece ofwire bent to form the base a, from which extends upwardly the centraldouble stem or post, 0, each end thereof terminating in the overhangingloop orhook 6.. By means of this use of wire a material saving iseffected in the cost of the fasteners as compared with those formed fromsheet metal.

The wire employed may be round, halfround, square, &c., in itscross-section, as indicated in Fig. 7.

The base of the fastener may be bent or formed so as to lie in a planeat right angles to the double stem 0 without departing from the spiritof the invention, as represented in Figs. 4., 5, and 6.

The operation of attaching a button, B, to the fabric or material F bymeans of my improved wire fastening may be described as follows: Thesaid fabric is first punctured or perforated and the forked hooks dinserted therein. The eye of the button isth'en passed over the pointsofsaid hooks, as shown in Fig. 2, when, finally, the end portions oftheduplex hooks are bent rearwardly and downwardly by suitable means forthe purpose of partially encircling the button-eye, thus securing thebutton to the fabric. as fully shown in Fig. 3.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. As an improved article of manufacture, the button -fastenerhereinbefore described, consisting of .a piece of Wire bent to form abase or table, from which extends at right angles therewith the doublepost or stem having upper or free ends terminating in overhanging hooksd, substantially as shown and set forth.

2. The button-fastener A, hereinbefore described, made from wire bent toform the base or table a, and the double stem or post a, having theoverhanging forked or duplex attaching-hooks d 011 its end,substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

JAMES F. THAYER.

Witnesses CHARLES GREENE, GEO. H. REMINGTON.

